From powerbrokers to troublemakers, here’s who you need to know in the European Parliament.

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INGEBORG GRÄSSLE

GERMANY

BIG BEAST

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When the immigration front is quiet, the favorite go-to issue for Euroskeptics is wasted EU money. Grässle chairs the committee tasked with clamping down on waste and finding scapegoats afterwards. She’s not afraid to say publicly when the EU is “effectively throwing money down the toilet,” and is a dogged pursuer of what she considers to be serious mismanagement in the EU’s anti-fraud agency, OLAF.

NAME: Ingeborg Grässle

COUNTRY: Germany

TRIBE: Big Beast

POLITICAL GROUP: European People’s Party

POSITION: Chair of the Budgetary Control Committee

GENDER: Female

AGE: 55

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